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MuslimAgorist
01-07-2010, 09:10 PM
Obama told the Military Times editorial board that, "what essentially sets a nation-state apart (from the private sector), is a monopoly on violence." The phrase originates from German sociologist Max Weber's definition of government, “that entity which claims a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence in a given area.” Today we'll examine the question, If we know that a monopoly is economically undesirable, and we know that violence is morally undesirable, why is a violent monopoly desirable at all?

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